Swarm Season
The queen takes a little more than half the worker bees and moves to a new location, leaving behind enough food and potential queen cells to hatch and lead after…
22 different tomato seedlings under grow lights.
Wordless Wednesday: April Garden
They say April showers bring May flowers, but it's more like February rains bring April abundance here in Los Angeles. Color and new life reign supreme in the April garden,…
Multicolored carrots include Yellowstone, Cosmic Purple and Scarlet Nantes
YouTube: How to Harvest Carrots and Other Root Vegetables
You've got great foliage, but you pull a carrot and it's nowhere near ready to pick. How do you prevent this from happening again? The trick is easy and Christy…
We used home grown cabbage and sugar snap peas with spices and peanuts to make this great dish.
Recipe: Stir-Fried Cabbage with Chilies, Peanuts & Peas
Believe it or not, we're still working on that giant cabbage we picked a week or so ago. They keep so well in the fridge, but they take up a…
Securing Plants Against the Wind
For crops like favas and grains, place stakes around the perimeter and run several levels of twine around the circumference. This will keep your upright crops upright.
Where's Gardenerd sporting a rain hat and cloak. Our participants sure know to keep him clean and dry.
Where’s Gardenerd – San Jose, CA
Mr. Nerd made his long journey across the ocean, from New Zealand back to the United States. He met up with Alys Milner in Silicone Valley--San Jose, CA to be…
Do you know how to pronounce this kale? We'll show you.
YouTube: Italian Vegetable Pronunciations
We hear people struggle to pronounce Italian vegetable varieties all the time. Chioggia, Lacinato, the list goes on. We're here to help. Yours truly studied the Italian language in college…
Spring Garden Planting Guide
You can start seeds indoors or grab seedlings at any of the myriad spring seedling sales happening around the globe.
Spring is Here
All past gardening sins are forgiven and gardener’s amnesia takes over once again. Take good notes, gardenerds, as you begin your spring garden planting.
Finished garden pops with color in front of the home's white background.
Design: Southern Hemisphere Garden
We recently completed a landscaping project for a homeowner from South Africa. He wanted a lush and colorful landscape that is drought tolerant and low maintenance. At the same time,…